玉石

Chinese

jade rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad.
(玉石)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ge̍k-chio̍h - vernacular;
  • gio̍k-se̍k - literary.

    Noun

    玉石

    1. jade stone
    2. (figurative) good and bad people (or things)

    Derived terms

    • 玉石不分
    • 玉石俱摧
    • 玉石俱焚 (yùshíjùfén)
    • 玉石俱燼 / 玉石俱烬
    • 玉石俱碎
    • 玉石同沉
    • 玉石同焚
    • 玉石同燼 / 玉石同烬
    • 玉石混淆

    Proper noun

    玉石

    1. () Yushi (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan)

    Japanese

    Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    ぎょく
    Grade: 1
    せき
    Grade: 1
    on'yomi

    From Middle Chinese 玉石 (MC ngjowk dzyek).

    Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) ぎょくせき [gyòkúsékí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɡʲo̞kɯ̟se̞kʲi]

    Noun

    (ぎょく)(せき) • (gyokusekiぎよくせき (gyokuseki)?

    1. wheat and chaff, the good and the bad

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    たま
    Grade: 1
    いし
    Grade: 1
    kun'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 玉石 – see the following entry.
    たまいし
    [noun] round stone
    (This term, 玉石, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    References

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja in this term

    Noun

    玉石 • (okseok) (hangeul 옥석)

    1. hanja form? of 옥석 (jade)

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term

    Noun

    玉石

    1. chữ Hán form of ngọc thạch (jade)